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user896692
user896692

Reputation: 2371

Change content of WPF Window

When I click on a Button on my navigation bar, a new Window opens. For example: 

    private void btFinanzen_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Finanz mw = new Finanz(login);
        mw.Show();

    }

Now, I don´t want to show it in a new window. Instead of that, I want it to be shown at the same window. I tried with the following: 

    private void btFinanzen_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        Finanz mw = new Finanz(login);
        //mw.Show();
        this.Content = Finanz f;

    }

but it failed. What I should say is, that I´ve many of different windows now and want them all to be shown at one window - each by clicking a different button. How can I manage this?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 9514

Answers (4)

A. Morel
A. Morel

Reputation: 10344

Create a main content with a UserControl that I set into the window constructor. And then I change the content with other UserControl depending on your needs.

MainWindow constructor:

this.Content = new UserControlMainContent();

From UserControlMainContent, when I click on a button by example:

Window window = Window.GetWindow(this); // Get the main window
window.Content = new OtherUserControlContent();

Upvotes: 0

Jeff Manor
Jeff Manor

Reputation: 1

To me, this sounds like place to use a frame with pages. Instead of making lots of windows, make one window with a frame, then put the content into pages. Then all you have to do is change the frame's .Content to a different page each time you press a navigation button.

Upvotes: 0

Torben Schramme
Torben Schramme

Reputation: 2140

What you have to do is to use a UserControl rather than a Window for your replaceable content. Add a new UserControl for each possible content you want to show in this.Content to your project. Add the content you had previously in the second window to the appropriate UserControl. After that you can simply instantiate the new control in your code and assign it to your content area of your main Window.

For example you create a UserControl ctlFinanz with the content of your previous Finanz window. Now you simply write:

this.Content = new ctlFinanz(login);

That's all :-)

Upvotes: 8

hcb
hcb

Reputation: 8347

I had the same problem and decided to create a seperate usercontrol for every window, put them in my wpf and set the visibility of all windows except the active one to Collapsed.

Upvotes: 1

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